We are back again on the road talking with college students to give you real stories of their experiences. This podcast is about one of the nine University of California campuses - UC Riverside!

It is 1,200 acre campus with over 26,00 students with two Nobel Prize winners, 11 Fulbright Scholars and 28 National Academies Members located in a diverse geography from the desert to the coast with a group just as diverse. Located Inland Southern California and graduated the first class of 20 students in 1955.

Since then he has made some impressive rankings:

*No 1 public univeristy in US for social mobility - U.S. News
*No 1 for Hispanic enrollment - Urban Institute
*No 2 in the country for financial aid - Business Insider
*No 2 in Entomology research in the world - Center for World University Rankings
*No 3 in Hispanic STEM graduates in the US - Natioanl Science Foundation
*No 4 for Pell Grant (low income) student performance - Washington Monthly
*No 9 among public universities for sustainability - Princeont Review
*No 11 most diverse medical school - U.S. News
*Top 12 public university - Forbes "America's Best Value Colleges"
*No 14 public university - CNBC "Colleges That Pay Off the Most"
*No 31 in the world in plant and animal sciences - U.S. News

Yes, impressive now let's hear it from a UCR aka Highlander (school mascot) student point of view.